Famous Russian journalist and TV presenter Vladimir Pozner, in a conversation with the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Zham" Anna Givargizyan, spoke about his attitude to Armenia, its culture, tragic events in the history of the Armenian people and new political sentiments. Vladimir Vladimirovich admitted that some special connections with Armenia arose on his life's path. Starting from the painting by artist Martiros Saryan hanging on the wall to helping an Armenian family that fled the massacre in Baku and lived for a year in the journalist's apartment. "Before my trip to Armenia, I saw some of Saryan's paintings and thought to myself: "Of course, he went wild with color, there are no such colors - this is the artist's imagination, there is nothing wrong with that." When I went to Armenia, I was shocked. Indeed, these colors are exactly as he imagined them... When I saw this painting, I said: "Sell it to me, I want it... I love this painting very much, it is very Saryan," the journalist said, pointing to the 1954 painting by the great artist hanging on the wall. Pozner spoke about his positive attitude towards the new political changes in Armenia and about his meeting with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. And when asked about a possible interview with him, he replied that so far he has not seen any interest in this from Nikol Pashinyan, but it is not excluded. Answering the question about a visit to Artsakh, Vladimir Pozner first noted that it is not in the plans yet, as he is very busy, and then added: "I do not want to be a pawn in a political game, but if circumstances develop this way and I see that it makes sense for me as a journalist to go to Karabakh, I will, of course, go, and I will not have any fears that someone will not like it." Speaking about the publication of his book “Farewell to Illusions” in Armenian by Ruben Ishkhanyan’s “Oracle” publishing house and its presentation in Yerevan, the TV presenter admitted that he was pleasantly surprised by such interest in it, thanked for the goodwill and interesting questions from readers. “Now, when I am asked, I answer: “Has your book ever been translated into Armenian?” Pozner noted with a smile. Vladimir Vladimirovich also commented on his answer to director Yuli Gusman on the air of the “Pozner” program in 2014, that “Armenians were being slaughtered in his beloved Baku”. “I cannot stand bullying people, especially cruelty. Armenians, Jews, Georgians, it doesn’t matter who, Thais, Chinese... What happened in Baku in those years is absolutely unacceptable. I don’t know whether the Azerbaijani authorities apologized or expressed sympathy, I’m just not aware of it, but the fact is that it was a terrible bloody massacre…”, he said. Vladimir Pozner also said that he himself helped an Armenian family – a mother and daughter who lived in his apartment for a year and who were saved from an angry crowd in Baku by an Azerbaijani policeman. “Everything is very interesting in Armenia… Much speaks of antiquity and the colossal content in all of this,” Pozner said, recalling his visit to the Geghard Monastery. http://zham.ru/categories/persona-zha...